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noonlyoes r departmt of the environment go out and do audits, we actually have auditors that go out there and make sure that we're all in compliance with the way we measure it, and using the state standards and the state process to do it. >> reporter: so there's no doubt in your mind that the 80% is real. >> oh, no doubt at all, no doubt at all in my mind. >> reporter: whatever the actual number is, recycling and composting don't come free. >> all of the services we provide are paid for by the customers whose material we're taking away. >> reporter: are they paying more in rates because of all this recycling and composting than they would otherwise? >> i would bet they're paying a little more. but if you compare rates in the bay area-- san francisco versus other communities-- we're right in the middle of the pack. and we're doing a lot more recycling than any other communities. >> reporter: residents currently pay about $28 a month for their trash bins; recycling and composting bins are free. but last month, recology requested a rate increase, and for the first time, wants to charge for c
noonlyoes r departmt of the environment go out and do audits, we actually have auditors that go out there and make sure that we're all in compliance with the way we measure it, and using the state standards and the state process to do it. >> reporter: so there's no doubt in your mind that the 80% is real. >> oh, no doubt at all, no doubt at all in my mind. >> reporter: whatever the actual number is, recycling and composting don't come free. >> all of the services we...
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is everything for children, i think environment is everything for people. so this particular building being new, being a green technology building, represents a glimmer of hope for children so when they come into this building they have a sense of pride, they have a sense of respect but more importantly they are in a great learning environment. >> reporter: colbert king offered some cautious optimism. >> certainly the building is good but buildings don't teach kids, so there is a limit there, the dunbar community itself is changing demographically dunbar. the dunbar community is changing. it is not the same neighborhood that was there when i attended. it was not the same neighborhood that was there ten years ago and that's sort of the story of the city. >> reporter: in other words, the hope is that dunbar may become another kind of magnet school, in a resurgent neighborhood, once again. if the new environment does attract students, there's plenty of room for growth: the new school was built to house 1,100 students, almost double the enrollment today. >> woo
is everything for children, i think environment is everything for people. so this particular building being new, being a green technology building, represents a glimmer of hope for children so when they come into this building they have a sense of pride, they have a sense of respect but more importantly they are in a great learning environment. >> reporter: colbert king offered some cautious optimism. >> certainly the building is good but buildings don't teach kids, so there is a...
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if you'll be productive and efficient work at home it saves gas and the environment. but if you want innovation, the answer is no. look at the best innovators in the world, apple and google, you come to work everyday, you come in early, you stay late and the interaction -- and incidentally, it's serendipitous. it's not scheduled meetings, it's walking down the hall and someone from h.r. talking to someone they don't know in engineering going "hey, what are you doing?" and when you say "i just got a nobel prize" it forces to people to say "i need innovate, too." >> ifill: let me ask mickey maynard this. part of the concern has been from women who believe that the flexibility allows especially working mothers to be able to work from home and be part of the work force. we had gloria steinem take a shot at that last night on this program. mickey, is that what this is about as well or completely off the point? >> you know, i was reading a lot of comments about this and i'm trying to stay kind of in the middle about it for what miss mayer's motivations are but people are sa
if you'll be productive and efficient work at home it saves gas and the environment. but if you want innovation, the answer is no. look at the best innovators in the world, apple and google, you come to work everyday, you come in early, you stay late and the interaction -- and incidentally, it's serendipitous. it's not scheduled meetings, it's walking down the hall and someone from h.r. talking to someone they don't know in engineering going "hey, what are you doing?" and when you say...
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the regulatory environment was very different then. and at least for the foreseeable future i don't see that problem emerging. maybe ten, 15 years down the road it could again. but in the current environment, this kind of problem is simply not going to emerge. >> ifill: lynn stout, you were going to say something to that. >> yeah, i wish i were as optimistic as bert is. but the fact, is they've got real short memories on wall street. i think banks are going to behave better, be more cautious, they're not going to commit these sorts of deceptions for four or five years but we still have basic structural problems. we still have not implemented affected financial reform and i can see us repeating this scenario five, six years down the road. >> ifill: i do have to ask you this question, bert ely. if you are jamie dimon with bank of america, do you feel like this is a sign that business has to be done differently or financial reform is going to be imposed on you? >> well, first of all, an awful lot of financial reform has been imposed in th
the regulatory environment was very different then. and at least for the foreseeable future i don't see that problem emerging. maybe ten, 15 years down the road it could again. but in the current environment, this kind of problem is simply not going to emerge. >> ifill: lynn stout, you were going to say something to that. >> yeah, i wish i were as optimistic as bert is. but the fact, is they've got real short memories on wall street. i think banks are going to behave better, be more...
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the regulatory environment, how do i do this? they're not going to take the risk if they don't know what to take the risk on. >> ifill: jan schakowsky, it was remark to believe see the president apologize at such great length today in the white house briefing room. did you find that that is something that maybe could have happened a couple of weeks ago? >> well, i think as soon as we saw that the rollout of the web site in particular was really, really -- what do you call it? whacky, difficult, you know he's already taken responsibility for that. but you know what i fear? that we miss the big picture. parents of children with autism were on the hill today and their message was "thank you. we don't to worry anymore." and women are going to do so much better. and especially women who may have breast cancer and men who have cancer are -- this is what this law is about. it's not about the insurance industry being able to offer this or that, although we want to make it as easy as possible for people to access a policy that they haven'
the regulatory environment, how do i do this? they're not going to take the risk if they don't know what to take the risk on. >> ifill: jan schakowsky, it was remark to believe see the president apologize at such great length today in the white house briefing room. did you find that that is something that maybe could have happened a couple of weeks ago? >> well, i think as soon as we saw that the rollout of the web site in particular was really, really -- what do you call it?...
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economy, theof the interior minister, and the environment minister all had to resign. the charge, that they along with their sons have been involved in high-level fraud involving illicit money tns
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and still to come on the newshour, the president's energy and environment team; doctors opting out of medicare; iran's nuclear threat; and an 88-year- poet still writing award-winning verse. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: millions of people in kenya voted for a president today, but 19 people were killed in a series of attacks. the election was seen as a test of democracy in the east african nation, under a new constitution. we have a report narrated by inigo gilmore of independent television news. reporter: even before the first ballots had been cast, the blood-letting had begun. this was the scene early this morning in the coastal town. after security forces were attacked by dozens of armed men from a suspected militia. at least four officers were killed in two separate attacks. many more were caught up in the violence. >> they hit me and slashed me with machetes. they told me they had been sent and given money by politicians to disrupt the polls. >> reporter: despite this violence voting today passed off peacefully across most of the c
and still to come on the newshour, the president's energy and environment team; doctors opting out of medicare; iran's nuclear threat; and an 88-year- poet still writing award-winning verse. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: millions of people in kenya voted for a president today, but 19 people were killed in a series of attacks. the election was seen as a test of democracy in the east african nation, under a new constitution. we have a report...
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. >> ifill: then, we examine president obama's energy and environment team, as he names new cabinet picks. >> suarez: we look at why more and more doctors have stopped accepting patients on medicare. >> this is the oldest, sickest part of our population. i felt i was being pushed to herd them through in a turnstile way in 15 minutes or less. >> ifill: margaret warner updates efforts to get iran to halt itnuclear program, aer vice president biden says the u.s. is not bluffing about possible military action. >> suarez: and jeffrey brown profiles poet david ferry, still writing verse, reading poems, and receiving honors at age 88. >> every poem, just as everything we say to one another, is an attempt to try to get something clear to the other person or to ourselves. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century.
. >> ifill: then, we examine president obama's energy and environment team, as he names new cabinet picks. >> suarez: we look at why more and more doctors have stopped accepting patients on medicare. >> this is the oldest, sickest part of our population. i felt i was being pushed to herd them through in a turnstile way in 15 minutes or less. >> ifill: margaret warner updates efforts to get iran to halt itnuclear program, aer vice president biden says the u.s. is not...
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you tell me there is no impact on the environment? >> we -- we do extensive monitoring and the bottom line is that there is no known impacts to the marine environment. >> reporter: convincing local residents of that was vital because the region's economy depends on the water. dave mar rang is a local cook. >> over the site, 15 ages, around 30,000 fish in each one of those cablesges. they've good life. >> reporter: salmon farming, commercial fishing, shipping and tourism is the biggest employers in the area n a county with the state's highest unemployment rate of 9.3%, many were deeply concerned about anything that could harm business. >> well, it was kind of -- it was kind of funny. a friend of mine, he come and seen me and told me what they wanted to do and i -- you know, my first reaction, want to do what? >> reporter: but in the six years since the tidal project began, mar rang says it hasn't been disruptive. in says, it has been a boone to the local economy. >> they have come in and they have hired people. like, you gonna take fiv
you tell me there is no impact on the environment? >> we -- we do extensive monitoring and the bottom line is that there is no known impacts to the marine environment. >> reporter: convincing local residents of that was vital because the region's economy depends on the water. dave mar rang is a local cook. >> over the site, 15 ages, around 30,000 fish in each one of those cablesges. they've good life. >> reporter: salmon farming, commercial fishing, shipping and tourism...
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report on poland's embrace of fracking, despite concerns from some residents about land rights and the environment. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by b.p. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program wamade possible by e corporation for pubc broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: israel today played down a weekend of air strikes that hit syria. the syrians, in turn, threatened to strike back, but there were no signs of new hostilities in the offing. on syrian state television today, images of the smoldering remains of a military complex near damascus. it was hit early sunday by air strikes attributed to the israeli military, the second in three days. israel did not officially claim responsibility, but senior officials there said the targets were advanced iranian missiles being shift to hezbollah militants in lebanon. israeli leaders warne
report on poland's embrace of fracking, despite concerns from some residents about land rights and the environment. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by b.p. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program wamade possible by e corporation for pubc broadcasting. and by...
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. >> you say that has an affect -- >> it improves the environment through which we carry out our foreign policy. >> well, let's just pick up. go ahead, anne marie, slaughter because what i would like to zero in on here, are there places brt administration needs to change, or approaches that can stay the same, can stay where they essentially are now? >> so i think you hear a lot of agreement among all of us on the fact that the administration is not at this point looking credible with respect to the threat of force. so the minute that we really were drebl, and it was clear we were going to strike syria, suddenly the diplomatic game changed and you got the chemical weapons agreement but since then with the turn around what we're seeing is a country that is saying, you know, we want to negotiate a deal but we're not actually willing to use force or economic coercion if we don't get it. and certainly for syria. and syria is so all of that many of us just want to, you know, not think about it because tens of thousands, over 150,000 people have died, the humanitarian conditions are all of, al
. >> you say that has an affect -- >> it improves the environment through which we carry out our foreign policy. >> well, let's just pick up. go ahead, anne marie, slaughter because what i would like to zero in on here, are there places brt administration needs to change, or approaches that can stay the same, can stay where they essentially are now? >> so i think you hear a lot of agreement among all of us on the fact that the administration is not at this point looking...
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europe's most powerful country choosing a new government and fuel efficient ca car could be good for the environment, but what about business? >> and going past the rhetoric surrounding food stamps. next on pbs news hour weekend. >> pbs news hour weekend is made possible by -- >> additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions for your pbs station and by viewers like you. from the tisch wnet studios. this is news hour weekend. >> tonight, we begin in europe, more specifically in that continent's mightiest economic power, germany. it's a key player in the european union. tomorrow, german voters will elect a new government. the outcome of the election will have important implications for the rest of the world, i-tv yams reports from germany. >> reporter: the most powerful on the continent and a woman that even when campaigning finds time for shopping. germans like the combination. but do they like it enough to give her the clear majority she will need to make tough decision. >> translator: we must show solid a arity. >> even among her hardened sup
europe's most powerful country choosing a new government and fuel efficient ca car could be good for the environment, but what about business? >> and going past the rhetoric surrounding food stamps. next on pbs news hour weekend. >> pbs news hour weekend is made possible by -- >> additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions for your pbs station and by viewers like you. from the tisch wnet studios. this is news hour...
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, what matters is the worker at the production facility be able to work in a safe, healthy, ethical environment. our work focuses on the factory level. our trainings, our certification, our entire organization is geared towards working for the workers and making sure the standards at the production facility are where they need the to be. >> reporter: how has that supply chain been for people who tonight want ton the convenience use of the opaque nature of these relationships? >> indeed. part of the pmpt outsourcing of brands from retailers is distance themselves from the conditions in which their clothing is made. they get incredibly cheap prices, incredibly fast delivery. factories striving to meet the demands by igging north the right of workers, and cutting corners safety. when the inevitable disasters the retailers throw up their hands and say my lord! i can't bee atas happening in these facilities. it's the brands and the retailers who have the most poor of power in the system. if they want to ensure their factories are safe they have the power to ensure their factories are safe. >> sreeni
, what matters is the worker at the production facility be able to work in a safe, healthy, ethical environment. our work focuses on the factory level. our trainings, our certification, our entire organization is geared towards working for the workers and making sure the standards at the production facility are where they need the to be. >> reporter: how has that supply chain been for people who tonight want ton the convenience use of the opaque nature of these relationships? >>...
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it's inhumane to let animals starve to death, dehydrate to death, to procreate at a level that the environment is unable to support. so that's why at the shelter, we won't just say we're against slaughter. we are for humane alternatives. >> reporter: the issue has also divided native americans. >> for the navajo people, this is a hard decision for us personally, individually, as leaders, as a clan, where we have to choose one or the other. these horses are sacred to us. we love our horses. but we love our land, too. >> reporter: for all the debate that has raged over this issue as of late, it's unlikely that congress will allocate money for inspectors in the upcoming budget and so for another year at least, horse slaughterhouses in this country will remain closed, while horses continue to be rounded up for export. >> woodruff: talks over iran's nuclear program wrapped up this evening in geneva, all sides agreed to meet again. but as ray suarez reports there are differing accounts on how much progress is being made. >> suarez: the two days of talks in geneva produced no breakthroughs, and diplo
it's inhumane to let animals starve to death, dehydrate to death, to procreate at a level that the environment is unable to support. so that's why at the shelter, we won't just say we're against slaughter. we are for humane alternatives. >> reporter: the issue has also divided native americans. >> for the navajo people, this is a hard decision for us personally, individually, as leaders, as a clan, where we have to choose one or the other. these horses are sacred to us. we love our...
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and a stern warning is offered on what he feels is a looming threat to the environment. nature. beings need nature does not need human beings. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and elsewhere around the globe. a packed agenda for president obama today as he arrived in israel for his official visit as commander in chief. landing in tel aviv, the president was met with great fanfare and an impressive welcoming ceremony. from there, he headed to jerusalem to head -- to meet with the israeli president. event shortly after concluded talks with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, which focused on the iranian nuclear program.
and a stern warning is offered on what he feels is a looming threat to the environment. nature. beings need nature does not need human beings. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and elsewhere around the globe. a packed agenda for president obama today as he arrived in israel for his official visit as commander in chief. landing in tel aviv, the president was met with great fanfare and an impressive welcoming ceremony. from there, he headed to jerusalem to head -- to meet...
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there's still lots of children working in the mines, being forced to work in the environments by the military. and also, sometimes when the fighting starts again, they leave the mines and they're forced to fight for the militia, that they are working for in the mines. >> this may seem like a naive question, but is there anything that can be done about it? how can an american consumer affect what's happening so a child in a mine in the congo? >> it's a really good question. because that's where the solution lies. it lies with the consumer. the dodd frank bill was passed in 2010, that made any company responsible for reporting if they received any minerals from the congo. some of them are working better than others. intel, motorola. other electronics products companies are not doing so well. and so they need a push. and that push had to come from us, the consumer. they can send messages to the organizations that are manufacturing these products to tell them, we're watching and seeing what you're doing, you're not behaving in a way you should be behaving or responding as quickly as you
there's still lots of children working in the mines, being forced to work in the environments by the military. and also, sometimes when the fighting starts again, they leave the mines and they're forced to fight for the militia, that they are working for in the mines. >> this may seem like a naive question, but is there anything that can be done about it? how can an american consumer affect what's happening so a child in a mine in the congo? >> it's a really good question. because...
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but to stand by and do nothing, to minimize risks to public health and the environment from fossil fuel production is unacceptable to me. >> reporter: mark brownstein says that if the evidence shows that oil and gas companies in the coalition are not serious about i am profession the environmental standards for fracking, the edf will walk away a and make sure that everyone knows why. for now using a phrase that ronald reagan used when he sat down with the soviets, trust but verify. >> questions about fracking? go to newshour@pbs.org. >>> day after day, tech-savvy new yorkers went online to find the latest work of art known only as banci. his work is admired and even by the police. that raises the question, does that undermine a subverse sif form of expression? tracy wolf reports. >> reporter: new york city is a mecca for the art. but this is not located in a museum. this exhibit is taking place on the street of the five burrows. it's called waiting to hang and it goens goes by the name of a man banksy. this was not a commissioned piece by the owner. it's a work of street art, an illegal
but to stand by and do nothing, to minimize risks to public health and the environment from fossil fuel production is unacceptable to me. >> reporter: mark brownstein says that if the evidence shows that oil and gas companies in the coalition are not serious about i am profession the environmental standards for fracking, the edf will walk away a and make sure that everyone knows why. for now using a phrase that ronald reagan used when he sat down with the soviets, trust but verify....
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i haven't been really rested for years and now i'm in a very good environment and there are a lot of things to be done and that i'd like to do so i have to be very engaged. it's a very, very full of things to do and i'm very happy about that. >> suarez: are you able to keep up with events in china as closely as you were when you were doing your human rights work there? >> (translated): there are many ways to get -- to become informed. in a sense, it's easier to be informed here than when i was in china. i'm not saying that in china things cannot be done. what i'm saying is that things can be done from many different angles to promote what we need to promote. >> suarez: well, since you left the country there have been continued arrests of dissidents, suppression of press freedoms with the southern weekly, attempts to control access to the internet. a lot of things are moving along in china. what does it tell you about the government's attitude toward free speech and free thought? >> (translated): i think this only goes to show that the chinese government and the party still wants to c
i haven't been really rested for years and now i'm in a very good environment and there are a lot of things to be done and that i'd like to do so i have to be very engaged. it's a very, very full of things to do and i'm very happy about that. >> suarez: are you able to keep up with events in china as closely as you were when you were doing your human rights work there? >> (translated): there are many ways to get -- to become informed. in a sense, it's easier to be informed here than...
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still she says she would rather live in this camp environment than risk returning to her old village. >> i like this place. it's peaceful. i rest well here. i can't go back. >> kenyans are making sure they're not victims again by separating from the others, by being only among the old. so you feel safer there. >> reporter: this person says these fears are driven by political manipulation based on ethnicity. >> ethnicity matters because it gives leaders an easy tool to mobilize people. we basically believe that if somebody with from my ethnic group is elected as president, then we will benefit. you can see benefit to an it nick group when the president has come from that group. >> reporter: this person brought me to the place where historic grievances over land ownership are stoked in a election cycle. >> the second year things are okay. by the fourth year the elections are coming so one community lives in this place and so. because that is the time the politicians have a fertile ground to incite one group against the other. >> reporter: after the last elections two groups were violent
still she says she would rather live in this camp environment than risk returning to her old village. >> i like this place. it's peaceful. i rest well here. i can't go back. >> kenyans are making sure they're not victims again by separating from the others, by being only among the old. so you feel safer there. >> reporter: this person says these fears are driven by political manipulation based on ethnicity. >> ethnicity matters because it gives leaders an easy tool to...
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. >> there's a lot more respect for the teachers, the classrooms are much more -- it's a better environment. there's no jerking around and -- >> three student whose helped provide a lens or what makes for a successful education around the world and here at home. it's the subject of a new book titled "the smartest kids in the world," and the author, amanda ripley joins us now. welcome to you. >> thank you. >> first, explain the premise of the book. what were you after? >> i wanted to know how these countries that we always hear about, how they got so smart. because they weren't always so smart. in the 1950s, finland had a 10 percent graduation rate. what happened in these places to get them where they will and what could we learn. >> what could we learn and why are we not up there. >> despite doubling how much we spend in education and all kinds of reforms and good will. >> when you say smart, you're using this measurement of a test called pisa. there are a lot of questions about how effective and what it tells us but you think it's a good measure. >> i don't think you want to rely on one th
. >> there's a lot more respect for the teachers, the classrooms are much more -- it's a better environment. there's no jerking around and -- >> three student whose helped provide a lens or what makes for a successful education around the world and here at home. it's the subject of a new book titled "the smartest kids in the world," and the author, amanda ripley joins us now. welcome to you. >> thank you. >> first, explain the premise of the book. what were you...